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Jeffrey Tinsley on revamping Reunion.com, buying Wink, finding peopleBehind The Money - Nov 4, 2008 Reunion.com's acquisition of people search engine Wink Technologies Inc. is part of a broader strategy to revamp the company's business, CEO and founder Jeffrey Tinsley (pictured) tells Tech Confidential. The Los … Also tagged: web 2 0, search, startup, social networking, entrepreneur, search engines, venture capital, myspace, linkedin, ma, m and a, twitter, ipo, wink, mergersandacquisitions, behind the money, reunioncom, peoplesearch, jeffreytinsley, michaeltanne, peoplesearchengine, reunioncomllc, winktechnologiesinc |
VC Ratings - Oct 7, 2008
Sure, it's "only" $2 million, but frankly, we're impressed with any start-up that manages to raise any money during these troubled times. The company is CollegeWikis, a group messaging and information platform for …
Also tagged: wikipedia, funding, socialnetworks, collegewikis, highbarventures
Money Out - Sep 22, 2008
Just two weeks after it announced a new $15 million round of venture funding, family photo-sharing Web site MyHeritage Ltd. has acquired niche social network Kindo for an undisclosed amount. The deal unites two …
Also tagged: ebay, skype, myheritage, lastfm, indexventures, thegenerationsnetwork, accelpartners, kindo, familybuilder, money out, saulklein, acceleratorgroup, ambientsoundinvestments, ancestrycom, avivraiz, genealogycom, ifamily, myfamilycom, rootswebcom, spectrumequityinvestors, stefanglanzer, yuvalrakavy
Behind The Money - Sep 22, 2008
"How can we use this technology to solve real-world problems?," ponders Tim O'Reilly, who coined the term Web 2.0 four years ago when he hosted a San Francisco conference on the topic. "There's been a lot of focus on …
Also tagged: internet, web 2 0, web services, social networking, entrepreneur, silicon valley, socialnetworking, web20, web20expo, timoreilly, silicon alley, socialresponsibility, behind the money
VC Ratings - Aug 5, 2008
Left for dead not that long ago, social networking site Friendster is alive, kicking and has just hauled in a boatload of cash. The company just closed a $20 million round of funding, led by IDG Ventures, with …
Also tagged: myspace, friendster, socialnetworks, kleinerperkins, venturefunding, benchmarkcapital, vc ratings, idgventures
VC Ratings - Jul 22, 2008
The following is from Ask The VC , where Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson of Foundry Group answer questions related to venture capital investment and startups: Q: In the era of "free" software, would a mobile software …
Also tagged: monetization, foundry, eyeballs, mendelson, feld, vc ratings
Money Out - Jul 16, 2008
Anyone trying to make a living in the IPO market this year has had a tiny problem with supply, or lack of it. Even small nuggets of information about companies that may be contemplating going public are tough to come …
Also tagged: internet, social networking, china, softbank, ipo, money out
VC Ratings - Jul 15, 2008
Security certification provider TrustE has accepted a Series A investment from Accel Partners, ending its eleven-year run as a non-profit organization. The round of unspecified size follows roughly a year of evaluating …
Also tagged: truste, accel partners, electronicfrontierfoundation, accelpartners, vc ratings, commercenet, franmaier
VC Ratings - May 22, 2008
Last week's news that Facebook Inc. had borrowed $100 million from TriplePoint Capital sparked speculation that the social networking site had turned to lenders after being turned away by venture capitalists no longer …
Also tagged: triplepoint
VC Ratings - May 13, 2008
Needing cash to pay for the computer servers to keep its rapidly growing business running but reluctant to part with more equity to buy basic equipment, Facebook Inc. has opted to take its latest funding in the form of …
Also tagged: google, vc ratings